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Old Feb 27, 2015, 5:30 pm
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mikelat
 
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Originally Posted by BigLar
Windows 7 and XP.
The format is correct.
I tried pinging (command prompt) using the exact spelling as in the file and it substitutes the appropriate alias (if necessary), fills in the proper IP address, and proceeds to ping the right guy and get a response. Nslookup finds the right guy, too. Clearly it seems to be ignoring the file or I'm misusing it.
What is the full path to the file your hosts file? Did you accidentally save it as .txt or something?
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